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Twitter permanently bans Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Jan 3, 2022, 6:09:25 PM1/3/22
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Twitter isn't shying away from banning more high-profile US politicians.
As The New York Times reports, the social network has permanently banned
Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account after a
fifth "strike" for spreading COVID-19 misinformation. Her official account
is still active as of this writing because it hasn't run afoul of
Twitter's rules.
It's not clear what immediately precipitated the ban. Twitter spokeswoman
Katie Rosborough said only that the company had "been clear" it would
issue permanent suspensions for "repeated violations" of its COVID-19
misinformation policy.
Greene had faced an escalating series of bans over her inaccurate claims.
She falsely claimed in July that COVID-19 wasn't dangerous unless you were
over 65 or obese, and in August incorrectly maintained vaccines were
"failing" against the new coronavirus' Delta variant. The posts
respectively led to 12-hour and one-week suspensions.
In a statement, Greene said technology companies and Democrats "can't stop
the truth" and accused Twitter of hypocrisy in dealing with Democrats,
calling Twitter an "enemy to America." However, she signalled no
intentions to challenge the ban and said only "we don't need them."
The crackdown comes just under a year after Twitter permanently banned
former President Trump, and reflects the social media giant's less
forgiving attitude toward politicians in the past year — it's willing to
ban officials for violations rather than apply warning labels and
otherwise avoid direct action. And while ban targets like Trump can start
their own social networks or jump to anything-goes alternatives, there's
little doubt they'll lose some online influence by getting kicked off
mainstream platforms.
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ban-160838201.html
Twitter isn't shying away from banning more high-profile US politicians.
As The New York Times reports, the social network has permanently banned
Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account after a
fifth "strike" for spreading COVID-19 misinformation. Her official account
is still active as of this writing because it hasn't run afoul of
Twitter's rules.
It's not clear what immediately precipitated the ban. Twitter spokeswoman
Katie Rosborough said only that the company had "been clear" it would
issue permanent suspensions for "repeated violations" of its COVID-19
misinformation policy.
Greene had faced an escalating series of bans over her inaccurate claims.
She falsely claimed in July that COVID-19 wasn't dangerous unless you were
over 65 or obese, and in August incorrectly maintained vaccines were
"failing" against the new coronavirus' Delta variant. The posts
respectively led to 12-hour and one-week suspensions.
In a statement, Greene said technology companies and Democrats "can't stop
the truth" and accused Twitter of hypocrisy in dealing with Democrats,
calling Twitter an "enemy to America." However, she signalled no
intentions to challenge the ban and said only "we don't need them."
The crackdown comes just under a year after Twitter permanently banned
former President Trump, and reflects the social media giant's less
forgiving attitude toward politicians in the past year — it's willing to
ban officials for violations rather than apply warning labels and
otherwise avoid direct action. And while ban targets like Trump can start
their own social networks or jump to anything-goes alternatives, there's
little doubt they'll lose some online influence by getting kicked off
mainstream platforms.
--
"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering. 95% of COVID infections
recover with no after effects.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"
ballots. Report voter fraud: sf.n...@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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